edge-on

基本解释

Seen edge-on, the island universe spans about 100, 000 light-years, similar in size to our own Milky Way.
这个侧边向着我们的岛宇宙直径约10万光年，与我们银河系大小相仿。
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a striking galaxy called NGC 4452, which appears to lie exactly edge-on as seen from Earth.
美国宇航局/欧洲宇航局的哈勃太空望远镜观察到一个引人注目的星系叫做NGC 4452，从地球上看它就是一个侧面体。
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The aurora images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) were made possible by a rare chance to see the planet with its rings edge-on and both poles in view.
哈勃太空望远镜很难得地捕捉到了这一极光图片，它展现了土星的环状侧面图，使得两极的极光都能进入视野。

And developers,logging companies, and strip-mine operators on the edge of the swamp can easily upset the delicate balance of nature in the area.
Working at the leading edge of research on cellular biology and genetic skin disorders, Fuchs was the first to precisely describe keratins - the principal structural proteins of skin cells - and identify diseases caused by mutations in the keratin gene.

But if the planet's orbit is nearly edge-on, as viewed from Earth, then the planet will transit its parent star.
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This meant the circuit board would be edge-on to the sky, the worst position to pick up the satellite signals needed to determine its position.
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